Halamiling

Halamiling is a house dating from around the late 16th century, with possible origins in an earlier period. It is constructed of slate stone rubble with a rag slate roof featuring gable ends. The house is built along a slope, with a steeply descending ground to the right. The original plan was likely three rooms with a through passage. The entrance is located to the right of the centre, with possible evidence of a blocked door on the opposite side of the rear wall. The lower right-hand room has an end stack for heating, and the hall on the higher left side of the passage is heated by a projecting front lateral stack with a small two-storey hall bay attached to the left of the projection. The inner room beyond may have been unheated on the ground floor, and the end stack heating the first-floor chamber may be a later addition. A cross wall extends from the hall to the apex of the inner room, while the cross wall on the lower side of the hall was remodelled above the ground floor. A small lean-to dairy was added to the rear of the inner room in the 18th century, and a one-room plan wing was rebuilt in the 19th century to the rear of the lower right-hand room, possibly on the site of an earlier service wing.

The front of the house is asymmetrical, with four windows across the front, the ground sloping down to the right. A projecting front lateral stack with a cloam oven projection is located near the centre, along with a hall bay. A C20 door leads to the inner room on the left, while the hall bay has a three-light mullion window; the surround remains, but the mullions have been removed. A C20 door provides access to the passage to the right, and a C20 window is also present. On the first floor, the ground rises to the left, with a ramp leading up to the first-floor entrance, which contains a C20 part-glazed door opening into the chamber above the inner room. A C20 window sits above the hall bay, with two further C20 windows to the right. In the left-hand gable end, the top of a probable late Medieval greenstone two-light window is visible, constructed from a single piece of stone and featuring chamfered pointed heads.

Internally, the cross wall on the lower side of the hall continues to the first floor, with a thinner remodelled partition above. No partition exists on the lower side of the passage. The stone rubble cross wall between the hall and inner room extends up to the apex. The hall contains a large granite fireplace with an unchamfered lintel and jambs, and a cloam oven. The hall ceiling is plastered. The right-hand room has a 19th-century mantle shelf and was previously positioned in front of the hall fireplace. The roof structure is partially accessible; trusses above the hall and lower end appear to have slightly straight principals with slightly cranked collars. The roof structure above the inner room consists of principals with halved and lap-jointed and pegged apices and lap-jointed collars. The trusses have been stained and are likely clean.